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Boycott threat over rare New Zealand dolphin

Oct 03, 2014 (AFP)

Environmentalists are threatening to call a boycott of New Zealand's billion-dollar seafood export industry unless the government boosts efforts to save the wor...

Whaling meeting heaps pressure on Japan

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

The world's whaling watchdog agreed Thursday to toughen scrutiny of Antarctic hunts which Japan conducts in the name of science, but rejected a bid to expand pr...

Japan to file new research whaling plan 'this year'

Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)

Japan said Wednesday it would file a plan by the end of the year for the resumption of its controversial Antarctic whaling programme, ruled invalid by the UN's ...

Season's first dolphins killed in Japan

Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)

The first dolphins of the season were slaughtered on Tuesday in the small Japanese town of Taiji, campaigners and a local fishermen's union said, commencing an ...

Japan's whaling bid tested by world panel

Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)

Japan's plans to resume a controversial Antarctic whale hunt in the name of research, which opponents say is really just for the meat, came under scrutiny in Sl...

Rescuers free humpback whale from net off Maine coast

Sep 15, 2014 (UPI)

A humpback whale that spent more than a day trapped in a fishing net off the coast of Maine is now free, thanks the hard of work of the Maine Marine Patrol. Ove...

Japan to detail to new whaling program at IWC meeting

Sep 15, 2014 (UPI)

At the 65th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, which begins today in Portoroz, a port city in the southwest of Slovenia, Japan is expected to unve...

Whaling: Greenland hunt gets okay, Iceland blasted

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) gave aboriginal Greenlanders the go-ahead Monday to kill hundreds of whales even as Iceland came under fire for contr...

Anti-whalers dismayed as Greenland gets hunting quota

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Aboriginal Greenlanders will be allowed to kill more than 200 whales each year from 2015 to 2018 under a subsistence quota granted Monday by the International W...

Whale huddle braces for clash over Japanese hunting

Sep 13, 2014 (AFP)

Nations will square off in Slovenia next week over the fate of hundreds of whales in the crosshairs of Japanese and Greenland hunters accused of sidestepping a ...

California blue whales rebound from whaling, first of their kin to do so

Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)

The number of California blue whales has rebounded to near historical levels, according to new research by the University of Washington, and while the number of...

Japan starts Pacific 'research' whaling

Sep 07, 2014 (AFP)

A fleet of four Japanese ships left the northern main island of Hokkaido on Sunday to start the seasonal "research" whaling hunt in Pacific coastal waters, loca...

U.S. Blue Whales are making a comeback

Sep 07, 2014 (UPI)

According to a new study by the University of Washington, U.S. Blue Whales are at a population of about 97 percent of where they used to be before becoming enda...

Dolphin hunting season kicks off in Japan

Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)

The controversial six-month dolphin hunting season began on Monday in the infamous town of Taiji, but bad weather would delay any killing, a local official told...

Activists held after trying to halt Faroe Island dolphin hunt

Aug 31, 2014 (AFP)

Fourteen activists from the radical animal rights group Sea Shepherd have been arrested in Denmark's Faroe Islands while trying to halt a traditional dolphin hu...

Norway fishermen post record-breaking whale haul

Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)

Fishermen in Norway have caught 729 whales this year, the highest number since it resumed the controversial practice in defiance of international pressure, indu...

Coast Guard warns boaters of whale sighting in Elizabeth River

Aug 19, 2014 (UPI)

The U.S. Coast Guard is trying to alert boaters in Virginia's Elizabeth River to the possible presence of a 30 to 40-foot whale. The whale was spotted on Monday...

Dolphins squeal with delight: study

Aug 13, 2014 (AFP)

Dolphins often squeal when they get a fish treat, sounding much like happy children. US researchers said Wednesday they believe these calls are not just ways of...

Pollution, whales prompt shipping slow-down in California

Aug 12, 2014 (AFP)

Concerns about pollution and endangered whales in southern California have prompted six global shipping companies to try slower speeds in exchange for cash ince...

Celebrities join battle to stop Faroe Islands dolphin 'grind'

Aug 03, 2014 (AFP)

Celebrities and animal lovers from around the world are flocking to the Faroe Islands in a bid to stop a controversial dolphin hunt that activists describe as a...